Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University (FH)

The Farlow Herbarium houses nearly 1,400,000 specimens of lichenized and non-lichenized fungi, bryophytes, and algae. The collections are world-wide in scope; particular strengths are in bound, indexed exsiccatae, bryophytes and fungi from Asia, entomogenous fungi, Antarctic lichens, and special "authors" herbaria which contain many type specimens.

Contacts: Kennedy, Jonathan, jonathan_kennedy@harvard.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 November 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: President and Fellows of Harvard College
Access Rights: https://huh.harvard.edu/access-digital-reproductions-works-public-domain
Collection Statistics
  • 90,891 specimen records
  • 533 (0.59%) georeferenced
  • 77,218 (85%) with images (146,106 total images)
  • 73,305 (81%) identified to species
  • 150 families
  • 665 genera
  • 4,691 species
  • 5,564 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Actinodontium (1)
  • Archboldiella (2)
  • Brymela (1)
  • Callicostella (29)
  • Chaetomitrium (24)
  • Crossomitrium (4)
  • Curviramea (1)
  • Cyclodictyon (32)
  • Daltonia (38)
  • Distichophyllidium (2)
  • Distichophyllum (44)
  • Eriopus (10)
  • Hookeria (30)
  • Hookeriopsis (23)
  • Isodrepanium (4)
  • Lepidopilidium (29)
  • Lepidopilum (54)
  • Neohypnella (1)
  • Pseudohypnella (1)
  • Rhynchostegiopsis (12)
  • Stenodesmus (1)
  • Stenodictyon (2)
  • Thamniopsis (2)